The Beat
Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day.
This series features short poems by writers that have some connection to Minnesota. Some of these poets are alive, some are not. Some are well known, some are not.
Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 01:30
AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 01:30
Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 02:36
Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:44
Mallory Pierce lives in Brainerd, she's a senior in high school and she learned early on that whenever things got rough, she could count on music a...
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- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 03:09
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...
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- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:25
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...
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- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:29
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Kevin Zepper is an Associate Professor of English at Minnesota State University - Moorehead. He was recently awarded a writing residency at Starry ...
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- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 02:35
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Named 2013 Song Writer of the Year by "CityPages" in Minneapolis, Eric Pollard is the Grand Rapids native behind the band "Actual Wolf". His debut ...
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- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 03:09
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Marlys Guimaraes, a registered nurse is a member of the Jack Pine and League of Minnesota poets. Her work has appeared in the "Talking Stick", "The...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 01:43
Jill Lynne Ness teaches creative writing at Bridgeview Community Support Program. A drop-in center for adults with severe, persistant mental illnes...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 02:04
Susan Carol Hauser is a poet, essayist, and natural history writer who recently retired from her position at Bemidji State University. She's won th...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 02:35
Alyssa Joy is a student at Bemidji State University who is from North Minneapolis. Her poetry is an exploration of the painful struggle of human ex...
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- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 02:00
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Jesse Dermody lives in the woods north of Duluth in a cabin right next to his brother Ryan's cabin. Together they are the band The Brothers Burn Mo...
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 02:59
Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 01:55
The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 03:56
Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...
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- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:23
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 01:34
Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 01:37
John Bauer does not call himself a poet, but he reads and listens to poetry and he does that with a highly developed artist's sensibility. One year...
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:18
